Nope, the rules are in final testing. Most major changes are in place. Still in play are the Horde troop type and some improvements to terrain. Phil still needs to finish updating book 1 & 2 lists. I would guess early December as a publish date.

I expected it to be released December 2011 and then a whole new round of changes began. Joe's comments are all good but he misses the biggest addition of all, the diagrams. These have not been started, at least not for review by that 30 person International Review Group helping.

I am looking forward to the Diagrams because with those I hope to understand the various new complexities. My biggest fear is that the diagrams will set off a new round of discussion as some points become clearer and perhaps problematic.

Latest version, this week, is looking good. I suggest it is not all that user friendly but much clearer than 2.2. Could a newbie pick it up and play? It will soon be posted to the Yahoo group so you can decide.

Grandviewroad, thanks for the vote of confidence. I do not pan it, but I am not newbie, to say the least. I really like it for giant, historical/scenario battles as the Big Moves and other fast play rules make the bigger games more exciting. I have done one on one games and it plays ok. How will it work for the traditional tournament with experienced and new players together (could be like Dr. Venkman says,like dogs and cats living together.)

Loyalists to Phil, say calm and it will all work out in the end. He is, after all, one of the best rule creators since H.G. Wells but editing??? Didn't someone say a Writer who edits his own work has a fool for a client.